Yahoo Groups archive

Digital BW, The Print

Index last updated: 2026-04-28 22:56 UTC

Thread

Tone of B&W Photo

Tone of B&W Photo

2009-04-04 by garrett.tom30

I would appreciate someone explaining to me what determines the tone
(warm, cool, etc.) of B&W photos.  I am printing with my Epson 1280
with MIS EB6 ink set and printing on Ilford Gold Fiber Silk.  I printed
three different photos,all with the same settings and they had a deep
brown tone which I like very much as it reminds me of the old Ilford
Portriga Rapid.  But then, I printed a 4th photo with the same setting,
paper, printer and ink and the tone while warm was no where near the
tone of the other three.  I then printed another but changed the paper
type from photo paper to glossy photo and the results were almost
identical.  Thanks.
Tom

Move to quarantaine

This moves the raw source file on disk only. The archive index is not changed automatically, so you still need to run a manual refresh afterward.